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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Soils on the Golf Course

The group gearing up to describe and map soils in the old growth stand just east of the College Golf Course. Guest bloggers: Lynnsey, Cate, Evie, Chanel, Lilly and Amanda   Figure 1. Diagram showing the formation of the glacial … Continue reading

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Geomorphology (GEM24) Part 3 – Browns Lake for Soils

Guest bloggers: Grace, Hayden, Vince and Ethan The group working with soils at Browns Lake Bog Preserve. The goal was the dig three soils pits and examine the soil catena from the top of a kame to the base controlling … Continue reading

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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Part 2 of What we learned

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Geomorphology (GEOM24) – Spangler Gorge (Part 1)

Guest bloggers: Damien, Rheo, Elliot and Arron: On September 9th the 2024 Fall Geomorphology Class took a trip to Spangler Gorge in Wooster Memorial Park. Here the students studied how the valley formed around Rathburn Run as well as the … Continue reading

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Carbonate hardgrounds at Wooster

On the second floor of Wooster’s Scovel Hall, in a room behind the main teaching laboratory, are six cabinets completely full of labelled rocks and fossils (see below). There is even an additional set of specimens too large for the … Continue reading

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A Wooster Geologist visits Fort Meigs, Ohio

Today my wife Gloria and I visited the reconstructed Fort Meigs in the northwestern corner of Ohio in Perrysburg, just south of Toledo. It was a beautiful day and we practically had the place to ourselves. It was our first … Continue reading

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And sometimes it rains.

Today I took Peter, Lauren and Evie on another afternoon local field trip, this time to Wooster Memorial Park (Spangler). We wanted to repeat the enjoyable exploration we had last week in Lodi Community Park. This time, though, we got … Continue reading

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Klawock to Ketchikan

Guest bloggers: Amanda Flory and Mihalis Protopapadakis Carnivorous sundews found in Balls Lake muskegs. On our last full day at Prince of Wales Island, we explored the trail around Balls Lake, in Tongass National Forest. The AYS team helped us … Continue reading

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54 cm Core from Brown’s Lake Bog Reveals …

Guest Bloggers: Evie Sanford and Peter Rothstein Summer diatom research continues at The College of Wooster. Building on last summer’s work by Garret Robertson, Minnie Pozefsky and Dr. Mark Wilson, as well as that of other previous IS students Justine … Continue reading

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A local geological field trip on a midsummer’s day: Return to the Lower Carboniferous of Lodi, Ohio

Wooster, Ohio– This afternoon three industrious summer research students and I took advantage of the brilliant weather to drive 30 minutes north of town to Lodi Community Park in Medina County, Ohio. We wanted to take a break from lab … Continue reading

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